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Standards Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there…
- How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself.
- When we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects we destroy his standards, perhaps for life.
- A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards,…
- In those days a boy on the classical side officially did almost nothing but classics. I think this was wise; the greatest service we can…
- I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than…
More Standards Quotes
- I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams
- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting… — Bill Gates
- What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write...… — Paul Di Filippo
- The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt
- Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz… — David Foster Wallace
- We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity,… — Tom Peters